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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:

“We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!”
(Hebrews 5:11-12)

I don’t know why those people didn’t try to understand, Jesus.

But they’re not me.
I long to understand!

I’m begging You: Help me understand!

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Exodus 31:3; Deuteronomy 9:6; 1 Kings 4:29; Nehemiah 8:2; Proverbs 1:1-6; Matthew 13:19; Romans 7:15

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted acceptance:

“…it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.”
(1 Peter 2:15-17)

You know how hard it is to obey those last three words, Jesus!

Especially when I despise their words and actions.

But You have Your reasons.

Bottom line?
That’s good enough for me.

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Exodus 14:31; Psalm 4:5; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 31:6; Romans 15:13; Hebrews 2:13

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Sunday, February 4, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest gratitude:

“Then Solomon said, ‘The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud’…”
(2 Chronicles 6:1)

I guess that’s something You told Solomon, Jesus

because that statement appears nowhere else in the Bible.

But I’m so thankful to hear it –

through every hard, torturous, dark cloud day I’m called to endure.

You’ve promised never to leave me nor forsake me.

That means so much on my good days
but it means a thousand times more on the bad.

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Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5; 1 Kings 8:57; Psalm 9:9; Psalm 41:1; Isaiah 18:4; 2 Timothy 4:16

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Saturday, January 6, 2024

 

Get your, “Yes Sir!” ready, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.”’ Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai…”
(Haggai 1:2-3)

You hear our complaints, Jesus.

They grate on Your ears.

When we insist we don’t have time

to take care of the things that matter to You

we’re about to learn the hard way:

We should have kept our mouths shut.

You’ll appoint someone
to deliver the news.

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Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 4:24; Joshua 24:19; Ezekiel 22:30; Matthew 6:33; James 4:5

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in abject humility:

“A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet…‘Lord, I have heard of your fame…’”
(Habakkuk 3:1-2)

Habakkuk isn’t the only one, Jesus.

So have I.

I’ve read the Bible. Marveled at Your miracles.

You’re All-Powerful.
There’s nothing You can’t do.

But I’ve also discovered the hard way:

I can’t make You grant me a miracle

just because I desperately want it

just because I believe

I absolutely have to have it.

That You know better than I do

is also part of Your fame.

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Genesis 18:14; Numbers 11:23; Joshua 9:9; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 66:19; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 32:27; 2 Corinthians 12:6-10

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted dedication:

“I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.”
(1 John 2:26)

It’s hard to believe there are people like that, Jesus!

I don’t get it.

Why would anyone want to lead me astray?

Oh.

They’re being influenced by Satan, aren’t they?

He’s at war with You.
He hates that I belong to You.

So he’s doing everything in his power
to turn me toward him and away from You.

But he’s wasting his time.

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Psalm 119:67; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 26:41; Acts 26:17-18; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Revelation 12:7

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Friday, December 15, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority…to the emperor, as the supreme authority…”
(1 Peter 2:13)

This one’s hard to do, Jesus

whether the supreme authority is an evil dictator
or somebody I voted against.

But it has nothing to do with them, does it?

You command me to submit to them
for Your sake.

So for your sake – when it comes to preference –

I will.

But if they ever require me to disobey You

they can take a hike.

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_Genesis 16:9; Acts 5:29; Romans 13:5; 1 Corinthians 16:15-16; Ephesians 5:21-22; Ephesians 5:24; Hebrews 13:17

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unwavering trust:

“But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed…”
(2 Peter 2:12)

It’s hard for us to grasp the stunning reality of what You’re saying, Jesus:

You’ve placed some of the people on this planet

for the express purpose

of being examples of what happens

when we disobey You:

Anyone who repeatedly does so without repentance

will be cast into the lake of fire.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; Job 42:6; Acts 2:38-39; Romans 9:22-24) Romans 10:9-10; 1 John 3:9; Revelation 20:11-15

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Monday, October 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them…”
(Titus 2:9)

That had to be hard, Jesus!

Many slave masters tend to issue their orders
with disrespect, belittling, disdain.

I’ve been spoken to like that myself.

When that happens, everything in me
wants to respond in kind.

How could they – how can I –

not talk back under those circumstances?

Only You, dear LORD!
Only You!

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Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 25:28; Acts 24:25; Romans 12:17; Galatians 5:22-23; 2 Timothy 3:2-3; 2 Peter 1:5-7

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Friday, July 14, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.”
(Ephesians 3:13)

It’s hard not to be discouraged by suffering, Jesus

especially when it’s happening to me, personally.

But that wasn’t why Paul was suffering.

He was suffering for others!

O God.

Grow me up in my faith.
Give me Paul’s compassion for others!

Correction: That’s not Paul’s compassion.

That kind of compassion
comes straight from You

proven 2,000 years ago
on the cross.

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Exodus 22:27; Exodus 34:6; Psalm 51:1; Matthew 9:36; Mark 8:2; Luke 15:20; Ephesians 4:32